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The fate of organic and inorganic nitrogen inputs in an old-growth forest of the central Oregon Cascade Range

Creator:: Holub, Scott M.
Abstract:: Forests in the Pacific Northwest receive very little nitrogen through atmospheric deposition and thus studying the nitrogen cycle in this region can provide insights into how the unpolluted nitrogen cycle functions. I examined the fate of organic nitrogen versus inorganic nitrogen and the effect of tamlins on N retention by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott M. Holub for the

The effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies

Creator:: Miller, Scott W.
Abstract:: I used current water management practices in central and eastern Oregon and Washington as natural experiments to quantify the effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies. Reduced discharge had direct (e.g. decreased velocity and wetted habitat) and indirect (e.g. increased conductivity and temperature) effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott W

Relationships of green-tree retention following timber harvest to forest growth and species composition in the western Cascade Mountains

Creator:: Rose, Coulter R.
Abstract:: National Forest management in the Pacific Northwest is shifting from a focus on commodity production to ecosystem management, in which the health of the entire forest ecosystem is considered, rather than that of a few key species. Ecosystem management includes retention of some live trees following timber harvest (green-tree retention)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Coulter R. Rose for the degree of Master of Science in General Science presented on November

Human Alteration of a Neotropical Landscape Drives Long-term Changes in its Forest Bird Communities

Creator:: Curtis, Jenna R.
Abstract:: Human alteration of natural landscapes leads to biodiversity loss, often from a combination of area effects and fragmentation effects. Smaller habitat patches support fewer species than large ones and incur additional consequences from isolation. Efforts to preempt biodiversity loss from insular habitat fragments are complicated by individualistic species responses and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jenna R

Effects of variation in ecosystem carryover on biodiversity and community structure of forest floor bryophytes and understory vascular plants : a retrospective approach

Creator:: Traut, Bibit Halliday
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: physiographic classes 12 3. Species diversity measures for each vegetation layer 19 4. Pearson correlations (r

Post-harvest establishment influences ANPP, soil C and DOC export in complex mountainous terrain

Creator:: Peterson, Fox S.
Abstract:: The link between aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and resource gradients generated by complex terrain (solar radiation, nutrients, and moisture) has been established in the literature. Belowground ecosystem stocks and functions, such as soil organic carbon (SOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and belowground productivity have also been related to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , graduate students Scott Sell, Jenn Wig, Kim Townshend, and Virginia Murphy aided me in the laboratory. I

The Influence of Wildfire and Invasive Vegetation on Mule Deer

Creator:: Schuyler, Elizabeth
Abstract:: The western United States has experienced large-scale degradation due to land use and land cover changes, invasion of annual grasses, and expansion of woody plants into grass and shrublands and the resultant altered fire regimes. These landscape-scale changes have coincided with declining mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations, making habitat loss...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ). 4 Literature Cited Archer, S. R., E. M. Andersen, K. I. Predick, S. Schwinning, R. J

The use of remote sensing for characterizing forests in wildlife habitat modeling

Creator:: Vogeler, Jody C.
Abstract:: Spatially explicit maps of habitat relationships have proven to be valuable tools for conservation and management applications including evaluating how and which species may be impacted by large scale climate change, ongoing fragmentation of habitat, and local land-use practices. Studies have turned to remote sensing datasets as a way to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Marine Neritic and Epipelagic Community Dynamics: An Investigation of the 'Yin' and 'Yang', No-Analog, and Refugia from a Multi-species Perspective

Creator:: Barceló, Caren
Abstract:: Changes in ocean conditions influenced by climatic fluctuations have lead to changes in individual species distributions, which alter the diversity, communities and species interactions across marine ecosystems worldwide. Assessing the species composition and identifying regions and habitats that can safeguard the persistence of biota are critically important. In this dissertation,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 2.5 Pearson correlations (r) of traits and environmental variables with axes 1, 2 & 3 of NMDS

Interactive effects of silvicultural herbicides and cervid herbivory on early seral plant communities of the northern Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Stokely, Thomas D.
Abstract:: Intensive forest management (IFM, dense conifer plantings and herbicide applications) may alter the characteristics of early seral plant communities that function as major habitat resources for a host of wildlife species, including cervid herbivores such as Cervus elaphus and Odocoileus hemionus. Such large herbivores can also substantially affect plant community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: able to digest less palatable plants (Stewart et al. 2011). Compared to most ungulates, cervids are

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The fate of organic and inorganic nitrogen inputs in an old-growth forest of the central Oregon Cascade Range

The effects of irrigation water withdrawals on macroinvertebrate community structure and life history strategies

Relationships of green-tree retention following timber harvest to forest growth and species composition in the western Cascade Mountains

Human Alteration of a Neotropical Landscape Drives Long-term Changes in its Forest Bird Communities

Effects of variation in ecosystem carryover on biodiversity and community structure of forest floor bryophytes and understory vascular plants : a retrospective approach

Post-harvest establishment influences ANPP, soil C and DOC export in complex mountainous terrain

The Influence of Wildfire and Invasive Vegetation on Mule Deer

The use of remote sensing for characterizing forests in wildlife habitat modeling

Marine Neritic and Epipelagic Community Dynamics: An Investigation of the 'Yin' and 'Yang', No-Analog, and Refugia from a Multi-species Perspective

Interactive effects of silvicultural herbicides and cervid herbivory on early seral plant communities of the northern Oregon Coast Range

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